The first Vikings home game takes place in mid-September, but there was a game-day feel downtown Saturday. The Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission held an open house at the Metrodome to celebrate the completion of the new roof and turf.

The landlords of the Metrodome voted unanimously Thursday to replace the snow-damaged roof of the venerable stadium, opting for a more time-consuming fix that could disrupt the Minnesota Vikings preseason schedule.

The snow-damaged Metrodome roof won’t be fixed until at least March, affecting hundreds of college baseball games and forcing the Minnesota Twins to find a new venue for their annual winter festival, a facility official said Wednesday.